Sometimes books find you

From "Immortalizing John Parker" by Robin Black, in a short story collection titled, "If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This":

"She stands still in her doorway for a few moments -- as though there's an obvious next move to make and she just can't remember what it is.  This is a familiar sensation, since George's death.  She waits and nothing comes to mind.  Nothing ever comes to mind.  It is the sensation of absence, she knows, disguised as an impulse to act.  There isn't a damned thing to do, except see it for the trick it is."

and later:

"Time makes fools of us all,"  Clara says.  "Every single one of us.  It's possible we need to ignore that fact.  And get on with our lives."